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Season 6Episode 7 Blaze for the Brave This Christmas episode is not for the faint of heart. We’re decking the halls with serious heat as we welcome two special guests, Jayson and Dylan from Late For Work — the masterminds behind a pepper-eating festival in Gettysburg, PA — for a holiday special that turns festive cheer into full-blown mouth-melting mayhem 🌶️😅.Whether you’re a pepperhead, festival...

Season 6 Episode 6 Ace Distributing Welcome back to the podcast! In this essential episode, we peel back the curtain on one of the most critical, yet often unseen, parts of the beer industry: distribution. We are thrilled to welcome Angela Dion, a representative from South Central Pennsylvania's own Ace Distributing , onto the show! Ace Distributing's fantastic slogan is "We deliver f...

Season 6 Episode 5 Center Square Brewing Happy Veteran's Day! The whole crew was in the house and it was an honor to record this episode on #VeteransDay with our guest, John Porter, head brewer at Center Square Brewing in Abbottstown, PA. Being that Kevin and Bret are both veteran's themselves, there was a lot of cool discussion. John is a retired Sergeant from the Marine Corps! We had a b...

Season 6 Episode 4 Crocodiledog Marketing The whole CPP Crew was in the house, Dave, Kevin, Ben & Bret! It's been awhile since we were all in studio and in this episode we get to FINALLY sit-down and talk to Matt & Kate from Crocodiledog Marketing. What is a Crocodiledog you ask? Well, Matt explains where the name came from and how they have created a wine and #craftbeer culture with t...

Season 6 Episode 3 Talk Bourbons To Me We're Back! Yes its been quite a few months since we have released any episodes, but we're happy to be back. Bret, Dave & Ben had the pleasure of welcoming Jamie Vranich in studio to talk about her side hustle, Talk Bourbons To Me . She is a bourbon connoisseur and truly enjoys her craft of bringing bourbon to your party or event. We would highly...

Season 6 Episode 2 Erie Brewing Co. Dave, Bret & Ben had the pleasure of talking with Kristy Melquist, regional sales manager, and Richy Britton, head brewer, from Erie Brewing Company. Erie's history goes back to 1993 when it opened as a brewpub, called Hoppers, and then transitioned into a full-time brewery in 1999. We had a great time talking about what drove each of them to Erie and wh...

Season 6 Episode 1 Nepenthe Brewing Co The whole CPP Crew, including Kevin, are in the house and welcome you to Season 6. As we recorded this, it was Star Wars Day (#maythe4thbewithyou) and Dave's birthday. We step outside the central Pennsylvania area and our guest in this episode is Chris Lehner from Nepenthe Brewing Co . from Baltimore, MD. From a homebrew supply shop in 2013 to one of Balt...

Season 5 Wrap-UpThe entire CPP Crew was in house to put the finishing touches on Season 5. Each of us touch on some of our favorite moments and it seems as though the food pairings we started were a hit. Look for more of those episodes in the upcoming season. We talk about our early beginnings and the time that's needed to continue to bring more content. We thank you for watching our episodes, bec...

Season 5 Episode 14 Isaac's Craft Kitchen & Brewery We had no flocking idea about what our featured guests bring up during this episodes discussion. In this episode, Dave, Bret & Ben, are joined by Johnny Roberts and Dan Ricca from Isaac's Craft Kitchen & Brewery . Yes, you heard that correct....BREWERY! We learned the history of Isaac's Restaurant and that it is a Pennsylv...

Season 5 Episode 14 Woof Bar Dave and Bret are joined by Bret's middle son, Benjamin, on this unique and fun discussion. We had the great honor of having Corey Wolfe in studio to talk about his vision and dream of opening a unique style of craft beer bar in York, PA called Woof Bar .Corey shares with his experience in the hospitality industry and over a decade in breweries, led him to this uni...

Season 5 Episode 13 Starview Brews Dave, Ben & Bret (no Kevin...again), had the pleasure of visiting Starview Brews in Columbia, PA to do another food and beer pairing. We welcome Mike Knaub, brewer and owner, and Amy Motter to the show and let them tell all us about their food and beer. Mike talks about his journey to open Starview and how is love of seafood came about. Amy's story is uni...

Season 5Episode 12Winter Brew Fest at the Double Barrel Roadhouse in Red Lion, PA! Dave and Bret were invited back for the second year to attend this great event, hosted by Double Barrel Roadhouse and Sign of the Horse Brewery with some help from Vicki and Brewery Products .This is a perfect venue and perfect time of the year for a beer festival. Everyone is looking forward to spring and what bett...

Season 5 Episode 11 Hemauer Brewing Company Dave and Bret had the pleasure of welcoming back Brooks Hemauer from Hemauer Brewing Company and his lovely wife, Shannon. Check out their first episode from season 1 ( https://youtu.be/7asL7Yv8vkw ).We had a great time talking to them and finding out how they started, pushed through adversity and continue to create award winning craft beer. This was a f...

Season 5 Episode 10 Back Porch Brewing Inc The CPP Crew is back together with the addition of Bret's son, Benjamin. We are on location for this great episode of beer and food pairing. We've been wanting to do this content for some time and we had a great opportunity to visit Back Porch Brewing Inc to pair their beers with their food. One word describe it - DELICIOUS!We were happy to have T...

Season 5 Episode 9 Kevin Raubenstine Music https://linktr.ee/kevinraubenstine Happy New Year and welcome to 2025! All three of us were in studio and talked about our holidays and New Year resolutions. This episode is a little different, we welcome to the CPP Kevin Raubenstine Music . Kevin shares with us his talent and we talk about his musical journey, his local gigs and of course, some beer! Tun...

Season 5 Episode 8 ReHAB (Regional Harrisburg Area Brewers) Check them out on Facebook Merry Christmas to everyone! This is our longest episode to date and Dave and Bret had the pleasure of welcoming Jacob, Verlyn, Ken & Corey from ReHAB. These gentlemen have been homebrewing for quite some time and wanted to have a group of like-minded individuals. We sampled plenty of beer that they brought...

Season 5 Episode 7 George Street Brewing Co. The whole CPP Crew was back in studio and they even found Kevin! Well, his recent surgery has him home and we were glad to have him back in studio. We had the pleasure of welcoming in Bill Sierra, from George Street Brewing Co ., to tell us his story of how this idea became reality. From purchasing the location for the real estate and turning the commer...

Season 5 Episode 6 Antifragile Brewing Co . Dave & Bret had the pleasure of welcoming John Shaffer from Antifragile Brewing Co. in studio. A Penn State University graduate that was in the wealth management field and started a brewery in downtown Penn State. From kombucha to having a an interest in starting a brewery, his story is phenomenal and is a must watch. He also helps facilitate the Hop...

Season 5 Episode 5 Rural City Beer Co. Dave and Bret welcomed James & Ben Burton, two brothers, from Rural City Beer Co . in Reamstown, PA in studio. We met James at the Brewkids On The Block this past August and we knew this was going to be fun. It didn't let us down. We got to know all about the brothers and how this dream came about of opening their own brewery. From their past experiences...

Season 5 Episode 4 Jason Snyder - Gift Horse Brewing Colton Boyles - Falling Branch Brewery The whole CPP crew was in studio again and we had the pleasure of welcoming back Jason Snyder, from Gift Horse Brewing, and Colton Boyles, from Falling Branch Brewery. We talked all things beer, festivals and fall and totally had a great time once again with these two gentleman. We found out a lot about the...

Season 5 Episode 3 Hops & Vines For Hunger Bret and Dave had the privilege of having Erin Haafke from Feeding Pennsylvania join us on this episode. Erin is directly involved with the initiative, Hops & Vines For Hunger . This is a movement to end hunger here in Pennsylvania that breweries and wineries can participate in. We participated in this event last year and will participate again. V...

Season 5 Episode 2 Lew Bryson The CPP crew had the pleasure of speaking with Lew Bryson, author and podcaster, from Seen Through A Glass . He has written many books about beer and whiskey, check them out on Amazon or Audible . His latest whiskey books are Whiskey Master Class and Tasting Whiskey and he's finishing a third one. He is also a guest host on What's Brewing . We had a lot of lau...

Welcome to Season 5! The whole crew was back in studio for our first episode of this season. We had a great time welcoming back Carmine "The Prez" Pantano from Buy Local Coalition and Paul Schiffbauer, Jr from Schiffbauer Consulting Group and his own podcast, Schiffbauer Over Rocks. Find and Subscribe to his podcast on YouTube. What a great time we had just talking about all kind of thin...

Season 4 Wrap-Up Dave, Kevin & Bret are all in studio to talk about this past season. What were some of their favorite moments, listen in to see what each of them have to say. They touch on the Paris Olympics, our guests, brew festivals and having the opportunity to brew one of their own beers. We enjoy doing this and hope to be able to find more content for you. If you have any suggestions, p...

Episode 15 Scrubby's Brewery & One Black Mutt Brewing Today we're taking you on a trip to the bowling alley to throw a strike, well make it a double! Dave and Bret had the pleasure of having Emery Pajer from Scrubby's Brewery and Chuck Jennings from One Black Mutt Brewing back in studio. Check out their episodes from Season 2, Emery was Episode 2 and Chuck was on our St Patrick&#39...